Former names | Nelson Theatre |
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Address | 325 Rideau Street Ottawa, Ontario K1N 5Y4 |
Coordinates | 45°25′47″N 75°41′05″W / 45.429597°N 75.684750°W |
Operator | Daniel Demois and Andy Willick |
Type | Cinema |
Genre(s) | Repertory |
Capacity | 650 |
Construction | |
Built | 1946 |
Opened | 10 February 1947 |
Renovated | 1960s, 1990s, 2000, 2011, 2013 |
Architect | Harold Kaplan and Abraham Sprachman |
Website | |
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The ByTowne Cinema is a one-screen repertory movie theatre located in Ottawa, Ontario, The cinema is one of Ottawa's main venues for independent and foreign films.[1] The 650-seat cinema is located on Rideau Street at Nelson, several blocks east of the Rideau Centre. It was closed on December 24, 2020,[2] with a final week of screenings shown on February 26 to March 7, 2021.[1] The cinema reopened under new ownership on September 8, 2021.[3]